Stephen Moreton

Who is Stephen Moreton?

Stephen John Patrick Moreton is an English-born former Irish cricketer. Moreton is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire.

While attending Oxford Brookes University, Moreton made his first-class debut for Oxford UCCE against Gloucestershire at the University Parks in 2005. Moreton made five further first-class appearances for Oxford UCCE, the last of which came against Durham in 2006. In his seven first-class matches, he scored a total of 273 runs at an average of 24.81, with a high score of 74. This score, which was one of two half centuries he made came against Lancashire. With the ball, he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 37.12, with best figures of 2/24.

In August 2005, Moreton was rated as having bowled the fifth worst over of all time by Simon Lister when writing for the website Cricinfo. The over in question came on his first-class debut against Gloucestershire. Moreton was given the ball close to the close of play on day two of the match, by which stage Gloucestershire had a first-innings lead approaching 400 and Craig Spearman unbeaten on 136.